| 中文摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第8-12页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第12-18页 |
| ·THEORETICAL STUDY ON THEME-RHEME THEORY | 第12-14页 |
| ·APPLICATIVE STUDY OF THEMATIC PROGRESSION | 第14-15页 |
| ·APPLICATIVE STUDY OF THEME TRANSFERENCE IN TRANSLATIONS | 第15页 |
| ·THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第15-18页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEME-RHEME THEORY AND METHODOLOGY | 第18-30页 |
| ·THEME-RHEME THEORY IN ENGLISH | 第18-25页 |
| ·Halliday’s approach on Theme-Rheme theory | 第18-22页 |
| ·Patterns of Thematic progression | 第22-24页 |
| ·Cohesion and coherence | 第24-25页 |
| ·CONTRASTING THEME-RHEME THEORY IN CHINESE | 第25-28页 |
| ·Theme-Rheme theory | 第25-27页 |
| ·Patterns of Thematic progression | 第27页 |
| ·Cohesion and coherence | 第27-28页 |
| ·APPLICATION OF THEME-RHEME THEORY | 第28页 |
| ·METHODOLOGY | 第28-30页 |
| ·Research questions: | 第28页 |
| ·Data selection: | 第28-29页 |
| ·Steps: | 第29-30页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CONTRASTING CONSTITUENTS OF THEMATIC STRUCTURE | 第30-68页 |
| ·CONSTITUENTS OF THEME IN THE ORIGINAL ESSAYS | 第30-39页 |
| ·Constituents of Theme in English essays | 第30-34页 |
| ·Constituents of Theme in Chinese essays | 第34-38页 |
| ·Summary of Themes in the original essays | 第38-39页 |
| ·CONSTITUENTS OF THEME IN THE TRANSLATED ESSAYS | 第39-44页 |
| ·Constituents of Theme in E-C translations | 第39-41页 |
| ·Constituents of Theme in C-E translations | 第41-42页 |
| ·Summary of Themes in the Translats | 第42-44页 |
| ·TRANSFERENCE BETWEEN THEMES | 第44-68页 |
| ·Transference between Themes in E-C translations | 第44-56页 |
| ·Transference between Themes in C-E translations | 第56-65页 |
| ·Summary of Transference between Themes | 第65-68页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONTRASTING THEMATIC PROGRESSION | 第68-74页 |
| ·TP PATTERNS IN THE ORIGINAL ESSAYS | 第68-70页 |
| ·TP patterns in English essays | 第68-69页 |
| ·TP patterns in Chinese essays | 第69-70页 |
| ·TP PATTERNS IN THE TRANSLATED ESSAYS | 第70-74页 |
| ·TP patterns in E-C translations | 第70-71页 |
| ·TP patterns in C-E translations | 第71-74页 |
| CHAPTER SIX INTERPRETATION | 第74-86页 |
| ·THEME CONSTITUENTS IN THE ORIGINAL ESSAYS | 第74页 |
| ·THEME DISTRIBUTION IN E-C TRANSLATION | 第74-78页 |
| ·THEME DISTRIBUTION IN C-E TRANSLATION | 第78-84页 |
| ·TP CONFIGURATION DECIDING GENRE | 第84-86页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第86-88页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第88-90页 |
| REFERENCES | 第90-94页 |
| APPENDICES | 第94-159页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅰ THE TEXTS | 第94-111页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅱ STATISTICS OF THEME DISTRIBUTIONS | 第111-128页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅲ FIGURE OF TP PATTERNS | 第128-158页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅳ TABLE OF TP PATTERNS | 第158-159页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅴ ARTICLES PUBLISHED DURING M.A. STUDIES | 第159页 |
